Running a Photography Business with ADHD Navigating Neurodivergence in Life, Work, & Partnership (Part 1)
Running a Photography Business with ADHD (Part 1)
If you’ve ever wondered why running a photography business feels different with ADHD — this episode is gonna feel like a full-body exhale. And honestly, even if you don’t have ADHD but you love, work with, live with, hire, or co-parent with someone who does (photographer or not), this conversation will make you way more compassionate, way more supportive, and way less confused and frustrated.
Because this isn’t just a business discussion — this is brain wiring, identity, relationships, and the pressure of entrepreneurship colliding all at once.
Watch or Listen Here:
YouTube: https://youtu.be/O65DRaf3ejw
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/27HgkF60cl1dK7IxqYqvqV?si=r-wwtwLoQpSDaO6libf77A
Why This Conversation Matters
ADHD impacts how you perceive time, how urgency affects your body, how you initiate projects (and complete them), how you manage pressure, deadlines, overwhelm, decision fatigue, and energy cycles —literally every aspect of being an entrepreneur.
And inside the creative world? The rates are wildly higher.
Whitney shares what it was like being diagnosed as an adult, how it impacted her marriage, how she unintentionally built systems in her photography business to compensate, and the shame she carried for YEARS before she had language for this.
And if you live with someone who has ADHD?
You’ll hear stories that finally make things click (why something as “simple” as washing dishes can feel impossible… why time blindness creates accidental chaos… why it’s not laziness or disrespect).
This episode is the beginning of taking the shame out of neurodivergent entrepreneurship.
Top Takeaways From Part One
ADHD doesn’t make you broken — it just means your brain needs different supports.
Partners, friends, and coworkers understanding this makes everything better.
Pressure-based timelines, accountability, and clear deadlines actually help ADHD entrepreneurs thrive.
Medication, therapy, and tools can radically shift confidence and calm.
And this is only part 1… we’re going deeper next episode.
Helpful ADHD Resources Mentioned
These are great starting points if you’re curious, exploring diagnosis, or wanting to understand ADHD more deeply.
Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com/us
A massive directory to find mental health professionals, therapists, ADHD specialists near you.
ADDitude Magazine https://www.additudemag.com/
One of the best ADHD education platforms for adults, parents, educators, and entrepreneurs.
Symptom Checker Tool https://www.additudemag.com/symptom-checker/
NOT a diagnosis — but helps identify patterns + symptoms you may want to talk to a professional about.
ADHD Directory https://directory.additudemag.com/listing/allcategories.php
A directory to find ADHD-specific specialists, coaches, therapists, and providers.
Bookmark these. Share these. Send these to someone who needs them.
Tell Us Your Story
Do you have ADHD? Suspect you might?
Or do you live with / work with someone who does?
Drop a comment or DM us on Instagram @TheEditWeekly — we want to hear what parts of this hit home for you.
Part 2 is coming… and we’re diving into actual workflows and systems that help you run your business with your brain, not against it.
Let’s make business easier. Let’s make compassion normal.
Your Photo BFF’s,
Whitney & Amanda
The Edit Weekly
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The Edit Weekly is hosted by photographers Whitney Carlson and Amanda Waltman where we helping photographers start, grow, and sustain creative businesses they love.
